Authoring quality qualitative inquiry is a challenge for most researchers. A lack of local mentors can make writing even more difficult. To meet this need, The "Qualitative Report (TQR)" has helped authors from around the world develop their papers into published articles. "TQR" editorial team members will discuss the history of the journal, their…

This report presents a brief review of the development of methods and programs for treatment of drug abusers in the United States. In order to limit the scope of the report, discussion of the treatment of alcohol abuse and alcoholism is excluded. The report focuses primarily on the treatment of opiate dependence, since most of the experience on…

This article chronicles an attempt to institutionalize a values-oriented project at Saint Louis University and proposes a methodology for evaluating the project and its effects. (Author)

Current social changes reinforce the need for trained marriage and family counselors. After a brief examination of these changes, the authors suggested paraprofessional training as one alternative for providing needed marriage and family counseling services. Already established paraprofessional programs, advantages, disadvantages, and the…

This report, prepared by the National Clearinghouse for Drug Abuse Information, discusses the Free Clinic Movement--its philosophy, characteristics, background, and problems. The Free Clinic Movement developed because the existing health care system was not providing services to a large number of racial, philosphical, and cultural minorities due…

Discusses systems theory applied to alcoholism programing which enables programers to analyze a project for maximum system effectiveness. It is suggested that generating scarce resources, especially clients, and having appropriate services, calls for extensive interorganizational linkages and for sensitive interaction with the environment. (Author)

The research and program development done in home economics areas of prime concern to the aged (foods and nutrition, income management, housing and home management, and family and social relationships) are related, emphasizing (1) research related to the black elderly and (2) local programs developed for them in Champaign-Urbana. (Author/AJ)

This paper reviews the historical metamorphosis of the concept of treatment and emergence of TASC as a federal strategy for effecting a criminal justice-health care interface to deal with drug abusers. Impact of the TASC program is discussed as well as implications for future efforts. (Author)

The purpose of this report is to update New Jersey's 1988 Comprehensive Child Care Plan (Child Care: Today's Challenge for Tommorrow), by informing the New Jersey legislature, governor, and citizenry about the status of child care in the state, the 1990 activities of the New Jersey Child Care Advisory Council, and updated recommendations and…

Intended for use by researchers, program developers, teacher educators, and other policymakers concerned with the improvement of teacher education, whether general or vocational, preservice or inservice, this state-of-the-art report on performance-based teacher education (PBTE) is an attempt to analyze and summarize what has happened and what is…

This monograph is designed to help employers, employees, managers, and union officials develop effective workplace policies and programs to prevent drug and alcohol abuse and other health problems. The text of the monograph: (1) presents information regarding the costs of drug and alcohol use in the workplace, and evidence of potential…

This book is an outgrowth of a project aimed at developing a communication and support network for effectively involving Indian students in the educational process. The book contains two parts. The first part reports on three surveys assessing (1) the current conditions and needs of 107 academic programs of Indian studies (types, financial…

Outlines the experience of a school system in Quincy, Massachusetts to meet the state's mandated responsibility relating to child abuse. The program includes: provision of clear-cut, systemwide guidelines; availability of a resource person; opportunities for staff communication relating to child abuse experiences; and establishing ties to involved…

The purpose of the monograph is the identification of unsolved problems in providing programs of graduate education in the field of industrial education. In part one there are reports of a literature review on graduate education and a study of the status of industrial education graduate programs. Parts two, three and four are addressed to current…

Only recently has the need to link rural education programs for workers and economic planning been recognized. This interest in linkages has resulted in a variety of intermediary mechanisms for collaboration. Included among the elements or activities necessary for linking education and economic development are the following: a solid base of…